מְשֵׁי , מְשָׁא (cmp. מוּשׁ) 1) to feel, touch. Targ. O. Gen. XXVII, 22. —2) (with ידא) to rub, whence to wash and dry, esp. one’s hands before and after meals. Ber. 46ᵇ מְשִׁי ידך wash thy hands. Ḥull. 107ᵃ מְשׁוּ ידייכו וכ׳ wash your hands in the morning. Ib. 46ᵇ ולא מְשִׁית ידיך (not ידיה) and didst not wash thy hands. Ib. ואנא מָשֵׁינָא and I should wash? Pes. 112ᵃ. Ned. 91ᵃ מַשְׁיָא ידיה וכ׳ she washed her husband’s hands. Ib. למִמְשָׁא to wash; a. fr.—Sabb. 77ᵇ מָאשֵׁי, v. מְשִׁיכְלָא. Kidd. 52ᵇ מַשְׁיָא כרעא וכ׳ was washing a foot in a basin of water.
Af. - אַמְשֵׁי to handle, draw. B. Bath. 153ᵃ. אַמְשִינְהוּ … במיא they drew Raba’s clothes through water.